Boo-vine Medicine
Purr-a-sitology
Bones and Groans
Phantoms and Physiology
Spooky Zoonoses
100
This fore-stomach is the main site of fermentation in cattle
The rumen
100
This insect is the vector for heartworm
the mosquito
100
Developmental orthopedic disease of the hip in large-breed dogs.
Hip dysplasia
100
Normal capillary refill time in small animals.
≤2 seconds
100
Fatal viral disease transmitted via bites/saliva; preventable by vaccination.
Rabies
200
The forestomach with honeycomb folds.
Reticulum
200
Feline roundworm commonly shed in cat feces
Toxocara cati
200
Stifle ligament rupture that causes cranial tibial thrust in dogs.
Cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) rupture
200
Hormone from the pancreas that lowers blood glucose.
Insulin
200
Spirochete shed in urine that infects dogs and people; dog vaccines exist.
Leptospira spp.
300
The term for a cow that hasn't calved yet
Heifer
300
Scientific name of whipworm of dogs that lives in the cecum.
Trichuris vulpis
300
Spinal disease common in chondrodystrophic breeds causing back pain/paresis.
Intervertebral disc disease (IVDD)
300
Hormone from the kidney that stimulates RBC production.
Erythropoietin
300
Pathogen often carried by reptiles and poultry, causing diarrhea in people.
Salmonella spp.
400
Postpartum hypocalcemia is commonly called this.
milk fever
400
What is this egg found in a canine?
Canine Hookworm (Ancylostoma caninum)
400
Sesamoid bone in the stifle that can luxate.
Patella
400
Neurotransmitter at most parasympathetic effector synapses.
Acetylcholine
400
mosquitoes carry this flavivirus; birds are the main reservoir.
West Nile virus
500
The reticulum disease prevented by giving a magnet
Hardware disease(traumatic reticuloperitonitis)
500
GI parasite of production animal characterized by having Type 1 and Type 2 disease processes, depending on the age of the host
Ostertagia sp.
500
Common site of “slab fractures” in racehorses’ carpi.
The third carpal bone
500
main extracellular cation vs main intracellular cation.
sodium (extracellular); potassium (intracellular)
500
Unpasteurized milk and soft cheeses can carry this psychrophilic bacterium dangerous in pregnancy and the elderly.
Listeria monocytogenes